Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: oliver collins on November 10, 2007, 11:50:53 am
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I have a 650lt upright tank with a leak in the inside of the internal baffles.
I have been meaning to ask for some help for a while in fixing it, is there some kind of resin that will seal the hole,i was thinking of heating it to help seal the hole any advice would be gratefully recieved .
Thank you
Oliver Collins Rise & Shine Window Cleaning ;D ;D
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I would use a fibregalss repair kit, the kind canoesit use to repair their boats, that is the best way
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fibreglass-GRP-Kit-Medium-Repair-Boat-Car-Canoe-Tank_W0QQitemZ220168178763QQihZ012QQcategoryZ75576QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
this one on ebay is designed for water tanks, Luke
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Hi Oliver
It's under warranty and you didn't fit it.
The split can only be where the 2 halves of the tank are 'welded' together.
It will only get worse - get them to replace the whole tank.
If you can't spare the time and long trek to the supplier, suggest you contact a local plastic bumper repairer as they do plastic welding. It's a special gun they use. Wonder how it would work with a damp tank?
Speak to your customer Carl at Body Right just round the corner from me- he will point you in the right direction I am sure.
You guys must have been desperate for a baby sitter on Friday -using Hazel.
Bruce
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I would doubt very much that fibreglass would repair a plastic tank - it would never bond to it properly. Plastic canoes are usually welded with plastic strips melted into the crack.
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Message to spruce.
Not half as desperate as you think.
I got this tank as a free bee as it had a hole in it i was hoping to fix it to but it to some good use perhaps as a storage tank for you spruce {i thourght we had to use our normal names not our secret identities on the forum}.
PS You feeling any better,did those jobs work out for you that i gave you.
Oliver Collins
Rise & Shine Cleaning
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Davew I canoe and so did my dad and this kit is designed for septic tanks and canoes, the fibreglass kit uses epoxy resin which will bond to anything, Luke
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Luke likewise, but todays kayaks are all plastic - fibreglass went out years ago unless you have a specialised sea kayak or custom built surf kayak. The plastic ones are definately welded when repaired.